On 07/02/17 21:02, okaphone.elektron...@gmail.com wrote:
> You start by noticing "The scope of the BRs is a matter of
> debate..."
> 
> And then you use that same "scope of the BRs" in 1) to specify
> Mozilla's requirements. Isn't that somewhat strange, if what you are
> trying to do is solve some problems that are caused by the former?

It may seem that way, but no :-) The reason is that the BRs ban SHA-1
issuance entirely, so a CA cannot be advantaged if it tries to dodge
this policy by claiming "actually, this cert is within the scope of the
BRs and so your SHA-1 restrictions do not apply".

Gerv
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